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Regular Meeting – March 11, 2009 Chairman Gordon Ceskowske called the Regular Meeting of the Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District Board of Commissioners to order on March 11, 2009 at the District Town Hall office. Role call – Present; Gordon Ceskowske, Kurt Heckl, Dennis VanderWerff, Cheryl Witkowski, and Lionel Wagner. Also present: Les Schraufnagel, operator; Kathleen Rydquist, clerk-coordinator; and Attorney William O’Connor by telephone. Motion by K. Heckl to move into closed session according to SS 19.85 (1) (g) conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved. Second, L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to close executive session and resume regular meeting K. Heckl, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the minutes as printed, D. VanderWerff, second L. Wagner. All yes. Motion carried. Motion to approve the financial statement, subject to audit, by L. Wagner, second K. Heckl. All yes. Motion carried. Operators report: attached WCC report: The District and Commission will be reviewing an amendment to the MSA Facility Plan. The amendment backs out almost all of the upgrades and promotes only the new seepage cell project. The City, District, and Commission will be having a special joint meeting later in March. Clerk-Coordinator report: 1] Wisconsin Lake and Ponds have sent a mailing to local residents urging them to sign up for herbicide treatment. Because of the amount of runoff and forecasted spring rain, a letter was sent to Susan Graham, DNR, requesting the a moratorium be imposed on Fox Lake to prohibit any herbicide treatment or harvesting until a point in the future when it would again be advisable. 2] We received an email from Doris Thiele, DNR, regarding a Permittee Workshop that will address, among other things, land-spreading of manure, treatment plant waste, and industrial waste. The workshop will take place on April 15th at Juneau. Anyone who would like to attend should let the clerk know. 3] The Wisconsin Association of Lakes is holding a “Listening Session” on Saturday, April 18th from 8:00am to noon at UW Green Bay. The speakers will be Steve Hogler, Fisheries Biologist, speaking about Invasive species in our area, Karen von Huene, WAL’s new Executive Director, and Earl Cook, President of WAL Board of Directors. Regular Meeting – March 11, 2009. Page 2 4] The Rain Garden Workshop plans are coming together. The District and the Lake Sinissippi District along with the UWEX are sponsoring the free workshops. We will be paying for flyers, refreshments, and advertising. The Fox Lake dates are April 21st from 6:30 to 8:30pm at the Fox Lake Town Hall for Session I, and Saturday, May 9th from 9:00am at the same location. A plant sale will follow from 11:00am to noon. The District will be meeting with people from the Rock River Storm Water group to see if they would like to participate in some way with the workshops. 5] The Newsletter is being written and articles about the well testing, moratorium, and rain garden workshop will be included. County report: A local farm (Drews) has again been brought to the attention of the Land Conservation Department because of the serious pollution problems that at evident. The clerk is to call Hey & Associates to see if the monitoring report (unfinished) has been or will be sent to LCD giving them the ammunition they need to get this problem cleaned up. Town report: Nothing much happening. Audience participation: none Old business: 1] Discussion and action regarding allocation of plant expansion costs and changes to Service contract/Ordinance at Wastewater - The District has discussed the cost allocations at wastewater with Attorney O’Connor who is in negotiation with the City’s Attorney, Jordan Hamaiden. Tabled to the next meeting. 2] Discussion and action regarding changing District policy for collection of up-front money on properties with multiple DUE’s if they plan to change their use. Tabled. 3] Discussion of carp barrier. Tabled. 4] Discussion and action to put out bids for pump replacement – Have Ayers put together bids. New business: 1] DNR Permittee Workshop – Anyone wishing to attend will contact the clerk. 2] Letter to DNR to satisfy Stipulation – Motion by L. Wagner, second K. Heckl to submit the cover letter and report to Doris Thiele, DNR to satisfy the Stipulation. All yes. Motion carried. The letter will be copied to the AAG Shari Eggleson, Attorney O’Connor, and the Wastewater Control Commission. The clerk is instructed Barb Fisher at Wastewater to have copies for each of the WCC commissioners. 3] Discussion on Management Strategy for Fox Lake 2009 – tabled. Motion to pay the bills K. Heckl, second D. VanderWerff. All yes. Motion carried. The next meeting will be April 8, at 9:00. TIME CHANGED TO 8:30. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Rydquist, Clerk-Coordinator